A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Charles River
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Massachusetts
Summary:: The Clean Charles effort brings together a variety of organizations and their diverse projects to clean the river for swimming by 2005.
Website:: www.epa.gov/boston/charles2005
Contact:: Robert Zimmerman, Jr.
Executive Director
Charles River Watershed Association
781-788-0007
rzimmerman@crwa.org

Project Name:: Honeycomb Preserve Management Plan
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: The management plan includes ecological information about the property and outlines the conservation objectives for managing the land.
Website:: www.hhlt.org
Contact:: Marlo Kovacs
Land Steward
Hudson Highlands Land Trust
(845) 424-3358
Marlo.Kovacs@hhlt.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Gopher Tortoise Conservation Bank
Location:: Southeastern: Alabama
Summary:: A conservation bank is helping to restore the gopher tortoise, protect black pine snakes, and ensure affordable house lots in Mobile County, Alabama.
Website:: www.mawss.com/gopher.htm and www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=2665
Contact:: Robert Bonnie
Managing Director
Center for Conservation Incentives, Environmental Defense
202-387-3500
rbonnie@environmentaldefense.org

Project Name:: Onslow Bight Conservation Forum
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: Regional collaboration across 9 counties on the Atlantic coastal plain to conserve saltwater marshes, long leaf savannahs, estuaries, wetlands, and pocosins.
Contact:: Fred Annand
Associate Director of Conservation
The Nature Conservancy, North Carolina Chapter
919-403-8558
fannand@tnc.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Dam Removal and Fishway Construction in Minnesota and North Dakota
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota, North Dakota
Summary:: Removing impediments to fish passages to establish a lake sturgeon population on the White Earth Reservation and improve habitat availability for all migrating species along the Red River.
Contact:: Scott Yess
Assistant Project Leader
LaCrosse Fishery Resources Office
608-783-8432
Scott_Yess@fws.gov

Project Name:: Rathbun Lake Water Quality Protection Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Iowa
Summary:: Unique partnership of agencies, private organizations and landowners to reduce contaminates in a lake used for drinking water, recreation and fish-wildlife habitat.
Website:: www.rlwa.org
Contact:: John Glenn
President
Rathbun Land and Water Alliance
641-647-2416
jglenn@rrwa.net

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: The Partnership works collaboratively in the Flagstaff region to restore native ecosystems, protect communities from destructive wildfire, and enhance economic opportunities for community enterprises.
Website:: www.gffp.org
Contact:: Steve Gatewood
Program Director
Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership
928/226-0644
steveg@gffp.org

Project Name:: Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc.
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: As an American Heritage Rivers “Keystone” projects for Louisiana, Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc. is uniting the river communities of Orleans and Plaquemines Parish with a series of greenways.
Website:: www.woodlandstrail.com
Contact:: Katie Brasted
President
Woodlands Trail and Park, Inc.
(504) 433-4000
woodlandstrail@aol.com

Project Name:: Louisiana Coastal Area Land Change Study Group
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Louisiana
Summary:: Multi-year, multi-agency coastal restoration and rehabilitation project responding to loss of 1,900 square miles of coastal land and marsh during the 20th century.
Website:: lca.gov/
Contact:: James B. Johnston
Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
337-266-8556
jimmy_johnston@usgs.gov

Project Name:: Las Humanas
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:: Las Humanas is working to develop and sustain a local workforce to restore and care for the natural resources of the Manzano Mountains region.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/humanas.html
Contact:: George Ramirez
Chairman
Las Humanas
(505) 847-0736
n/a

Project Name:: Oklahoma Master Naturalist Program
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Oklahoma
Summary:: The goal of this program is to train a core of naturalists who then provide volunteer services, which includes environmental education, habitat enhancement, and public understanding of ecosystems.
Website:: www.okmasternaturalist.org
Contact:: Sharon Bennett
President, OK Master Naturalist Central Chapter
Oklahoma Master Naturalist Program
580-335-2289
sharon_bennett@mindspring.com

Far West

Project Name:: Jordan Valley Cooperative Weed Management Area
Location:: Far West: Idaho, Oregon
Summary:: Twelve public and private partners are managing weeds across Oregon and Idaho by sharing equipment, funds, labor, and local information.
Contact:: Dennis Stanford
Private Landowner and Chairman
Jordan Valley Cooperative Weed Management Area
541-583-2278
Mike_Woods@or.blm.gov

Project Name:: Columbia River Estuary Spill Fund
Location:: Far West: Oregon, Washington
Summary:: Partners collaborate on restoration and education efforts in the lower Columbia River.
Contact:: Stephen Zylstra
Division Manager, OFWO
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(503) 231-6179
stephen_zylstra@fws.gov

Project Name:: Willapa Bay Cooperative Restoration Effort
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: Project partners are cooperatively managing forests across ownership boundaries to maintain the rich biological legacies remaining within this area of southwest Washington.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/washington/preserves/art12965.html
Contact:: Tom Kollasch
Ellsworth Creek Forest Manager
The Nature Conservancy of Washington
(503) 325-3896
tkollasch@tnc.org

Project Name:: Hokulea, Navigating Change in the Hawaiian Islands
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: "Navigating Change" is a project focused on raising awareness to ultimately motivate people to change their attitudes and behaviors to better care for all our islands and ocean resources.
Website:: www.navigatingchange.org and www.hawaiianatolls.org
Contact:: Ann Bell
Outdoor Recreation Planner
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(808) 792-9530
Ann_Bell@fws.gov

Project Name:: Bighorn Sheep Restoration in North America
Location:: Far West: California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington
Summary:: Through research, habitat enhancements, and translocations, bighorn sheep have been restored to much of their native range. Their numbers have been increased from below 50,000 to over 200,000.
Website:: www.fnaws.org
Contact:: Raymond Lee
President
Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS)
(307) 527-6261
rlee@fnaws.org

Project Name:: Suisun Marsh Managed Wetlands Enhancement Project
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Thanks to a major NAWCA grant, the Suisun Marsh Managed Wetlands Enhancement Project will help enhance and restore water quality at one of California's largest and most important natural wetlands.
Contact:: Steve Chappell
Executive Director
Suisun Resource Conservation District
707-425-9302
SRCD@Direcway.com

Project Name:: The Habitat Trust for Wildlife
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Working cooperatively with local grassroots organizations and landowners, THT manages and owns in fee title over 500-acres of globally imperiled habitats in biodiversity hotspots.
Website:: www.TheHabitatTrust.org
Contact:: Leeona Klippstein
President
The Habitat Trust for Wildlife
9109475091
leeona@earthlink.net

National

Project Name:: Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Passage Program
Location:: National
Summary:: The Fish Passage Program works with public and private partners nationwide to restore fish habitat by removing local barriers to natural water flows.
Website:: www.fws.gov/fisheries/FWSMA/fishpassage/
Contact:: Steven Moyer
Vice President Government Affairs & Volunteer Operations
Trout Unlimited
703-284-9406
smoyer@tu.org

Project Name:: Center for Plant Conservation
Location:: National
Summary:: The cooperative CPC network conserves and restores the rare native plants of the U.S. CPC maintains the National Collection of Endangered Plants, more than 600 of the nation's most imperiled flora.
Website:: www.centerforplantconservation.org
Contact:: Mark F. Barnett
Communications Coordinator
Center for Plant Conservation
314.577.9541
mark.barnett@mobot.org

Current Conservation Programs